BBC Brit is an entertainment

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channel featuring factual entertainment programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by

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. Originally set to roll out internationally in 2014, it was later announced it would launch in 2015, starting in Poland.

History

In October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014, they would roll out three new brands –

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, and BBC Brit, with BBC Brit to be dedicated to entertainment programming. It was later announced that the content would largely be factual entertainment, featuring the BBC series '' Top Gear'' with the possibility for increases in local adaptions of the series. Other series are to include ''

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'' and ''

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''. It was also announced that roughly 50 hours, or roughly 5 series, of new content would be ordered for the new channel.

International roll-out

Poland

BBC Brit premiered in Poland on 1 February 2015, replacing

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Nordic countries

BBC Brit replaced BBC Entertainment in

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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

and

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on 13 April 2015. It was replaced by BBC Nordic on 17 April 2023.

Africa

The channel launched on DStv in

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replacing BBC Entertainment on 1 September 2015.

Australia

BBC Brit and

launched in Australia on 1 November 2019, through IPTV streaming service

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. Unlike other versions of the channel, this one is a

video on demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films Digital distribution, digitally on request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typica ...

service with selected programming accessible through the TV guide.

Singapore

The channel's content is offered exclusively on

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Singapore (a local version of the

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service).

Malaysia

The channel's content is offered exclusively on

Malaysia (a local version of the

service), which requires a valid unifi TV subscription to access it. In October 2021, BBC Brit contents have been available as SVOD contents on subscription TV provider Astro.

Programmes

References

External links

* * * {{BBC Television International BBC television channels Television channels and stations established in 2015 Television channels in Poland Pan-Nordic television channels Television stations in South Africa 2015 establishments in the United Kingdom BBC Worldwide